# Roundup: Taxation, climate change, giving money away

> More than a third of superannuation tax concessions, worth more than $10 billion, go to the top 5 per cent of income earners, the Treasury says.

30 September 2011 · News

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## [Tax breaks for wealthy criticised](https://www.theage.com.au/national/tax-breaks-for-wealthy-criticised-20110929-1kzb7.html)

More than a third of superannuation tax concessions, worth more than $10 billion, go to the top 5 per cent of income earners, the Treasury says.

## [Al Gore: clear proof that climate change causes extreme weather](https://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/28/al-gore-proof-climate-change)

Former US vice president tells Scottish green conference that evidence from floods in Pakistan and China is compelling.

## [Christmas comes early at the World Communion](https://www.wcrc.ch/sites/default/files/Christmas%20comes%20early%20at%20the%20World%20Communion_KG_.pdf)

In these hard times of austerity, with governments and churches across the Global North cutting their budgets right, left and centre, it’s exceptional to find a church organisation anxious to give money away. The World Communion of Reformed Churches is that exception.